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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-08-09

CHICAGO, Aug. 8, II a. m.-september Wheat
was active and eas5 at the opening this morning
at 60 to shade above, and now sells at 60 SIG.
Sept Corn was 4.c of at opening at 10ta, later ad
vanced and is now quoted at Al y. Sept Oats
257s Jan, Pork $12 G71b. Sept Lard Sc so.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-11
Pennsylvania Flood.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Telegram: A dam burst
ON the mountain Monday which let the water
down into the village Of Parson. The
whole town was flooded and the people had
to fee for their lives A little girl named
Annie Quinn was caught in the current and
drowned. Her body was found three miles
away. Four bridges was washed away and
500 feet Of the Jersey Central were carried
Off. All traffic on the railroad is at stand
still. Mr.. MelrO's house was carried down
stream, and the inmates were rescued by q
party Of men in boats.
At Laurel run the mad waters caught SO
coal cars on q side track and dashed them
down the mountain like kindling wood. A
mile and half Of track was also carried
with the cars. All the houses on Ash street
were carried off their foundations The loss
to the railroad company is about $95, ,OUO; to
town property about $500 The waters of
Coal creek carried of two bridges in the
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-11
WISCONSIN.

The Snow saw mill at Lakeville, Wis, will
probably be removed from that point.
A. ]. McCann has about closed out his
lumber yard near Bloomer, Wis, and is
pulling the mill down.
The large warehouse at Black River Falls,
Wis, built by Mason Il Ormsby, was
opened for business Friday.
The fifth annual meeting Of the veterans
of the Twenty eighth Wisconsin volunteers
will be held at Whitewater Sept. and g.
The Sherwood forest, 16 miles from
Neillsville hos been damaged thousands Of
dollars by fire. Saw mills, residences and
everything in the path Of the fire were con-
sumed.
At Green Bay, beer vat in Raho's
brewery, containing Is barrels of boiling
water, exploded Wednesday evening from
unknown cause, and six employees were
scalded to death.
August LIST, the Monona Lake assembly
began on its second week and bids fair to
surpass all previous encampments. Ex-
cellent weather has appeared throughout.
Thousand Of visitors from all parts of the
Northwest have visited the grounds daily to
hear the literary and musical exercises which
are OF the highest order.
At Chicago, s'chet' Smith the dramatic
agent who was charged with sending girls
to disreputable concert halls at Hurley and
other towns in the Wisconsin pineries,
under the prctense that the places were
respectable country theaters, has been SEN
fenced to one year in the penitentiary. His
motion for new trial was Overruled.
Monday evening, at GAINESVILLE, newly
born babe was found half buried in
woodshed and the mother was proven to be
Emma Herman, a prepossessing German
girl who recently come from Waupun. The
child had been stabbed to death and the
head afterwards beaten to o jelly on the
edge Of barrel. Miss Herman, when CON
II is feared she will attempt suicide. She
claims that the father Of the child is a
prominent business man of Waupun.
A fatal accident occurred at Marshfield
July 10. While unloading fiat car Of oak
lumber terribly mangled John Bruitt, John
Schwartz and August Meyer. Bruitt died
in few minutes Schwartz is dangerously
injured and il he recovers will be q cripple
for life. Bluitt was single man.
Near Chippewa Falls, Monday William
H. Daley was run over and killed by q
freight train on the Wisconsin Central.
Both legs were cut of, the head smashed
and the body otherwise mutilatcd. In his
pockets was found bottle OF whisky. He
was unmarried and employed as section
hand. His parents live in Michigan. The
engineer saw him lying on the track too
late to stop.
The amount expended on and required to
complete improvements on the various har-
bors in Wisconsin for the year ending June
80, 1887, as shown by the report Of Capt
Chas. f. 8. B. Davis, U. 8. Engineer, just
submitted, is as follows: Oconto, IS, ,S95 !;
! amount required to complete Improvement,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-11
Wales and America.

The Prince Of Wales is, perhaps. the
firmest friend of America among the
English. He Is man Of the world'
more Partisan when in Paris than the
Parisians. but his open sympathy with
Americans is founded upon a shrewd
forecast of the future. To one Of his
suite, now resident in New York, the
Prince stated in plain terms that he
never expected to be King Of England,
nor did he leave his interlocutor doubt
full as to whether he meant that his
mother would outlive him or that Eng
land was destined to become a republic.
Another nail in the coffin of the mon-
archy,' he sententiously remarked
when the engagement Of the Princess
Louise to the Marquis of Lorne was
announced to him.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-11

AT the Imperial Institute corner
stone laying, it is said, Queen Victoria
used glasses for the first time in public.
Mr.. Matthews had forgotten to bring
the reply to the address which as Home
Secretary it was his duty to draw up
and hand to her Majesty SO that she
might read it at the proper time. So
when the proper time came the docaa-
ment was not forthcoming, and Mr..
Matthews hastily scrawled from men,
ory reproduction of the document
over which he had scratched his head
and chewed his pen the night before.
The scrawl was too much for the Queen.
and she produced from her pocket the
small hand-lenses which she uses for
reading by lamp-light.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-11
DAKOTA.

p...- r.l -
DIslS Lane DK'' suly nsn
seorm ten miles nortn OF mere oestroyeo 1UO
acres of wheat.
Al WatertoWn our1ng the absence Hom
home Of COL Sheafe and family from Satur-
dav to Monday burclars entered tha rasidance
and carried 81 eyervthinr n the lima 81
silver and plate also Mrs. E Sheafe" I iewelrvl - y
henry Severn, prosperous and highly
respected farmer living near jamestown.
was struck BY lightning. Tuesday evening,
wh;a n,,tt;re ug4 s nn nnwe d ,r inHsOs n;i,ss
severn was on the sfack when the holt a.
scended. knockinr him 10 The Ground.
The second annual meeting OF the Dakota
Pharmaceutical association was held q
E.rro On tha ord .lo,,4 "a f1d-uooi.4. .tt.rd.
;n0 Tho ofslcers $1,000 ~ sfhs co,rire
vasr varo. Renrat+ nevsI,s I..hs
yyras;dont. v;c. ,,r..;dar1s 4 ~ HnI,res ~
hetr.it .nd Erade-;cS Vrrel; ~ = Mnnre =.
troasnrsr = q Ms.sv - SEarro. .ecretsrr
n q Hasa.m. ~ Grs}ton. arecntiva .sorn,
mittae- Ianrdnn1 81 Essseiton. n r.
White ~ Ismeatewn. r NJ Coo ~ whasf I.
l.rd an hsroma4 -. =. .. s;v",, thn u v;sitors
10 ~. 1oc.i d..,c9;sts
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A Pierre telegram Of Thursday says; A
heavy electrical storm na.sed ovar hara laat
.;ah. -. ~, - ,:...I,-~ 49, s....s. 49, sa....
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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-11

ACCORDING to the Berlin Tageblatt
Bjornsterne Bjornson has renounced the
annual allowance paid him by the Norwe-
gian Government because the Storthing
disregarded his intercession in favor OF
a similar grant to the writer Alexander
Kielland. In his letter to the Storth-
ing Bjornson said that the reasons for
disallowing Kjelland's claim held good
n his own case also.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-11

Ex-Goy. RICE of Massachusetts, says
that '.if the the Republican convention
deems it most advisable to select Mr..
Mr.. Blaine as the stand-bearer again he
will carry the State just as he did be-
fore. l have no more doubt of that
than 1 have of my existence. Mr..
Blaine is not the favorite of Massachu-
chusetts for the nomination. He never
was. But he is much stronger today
than he was before his previous nomi-
nation. His conduct of the campaign
and his dignified bearing since the cam
paign have won him the warm respect
of our people,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-11
A Candid Confession

Senator La FaYette Foster of Con-
necticut told story about Gov. Trum-
bull of his state, who on the occasion OF
a grand riot assembled a block and at
tempted by a speech to quiet the people,
when arandom missile hitting him in
the head felled him to the ground. He
was badly hurt. and as his friends were
carrying him into his house his wife
met him at the door, and exclaimed:
why, my husband, they have knocked
your brains out!" mo, they haven't, =
said the Governor, IF I'd had any brains
! shouldn't have gone there.-B Boston,
Budget.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-11
Kentucky Election.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Special: The election
for state and legislative officers of Kentucky
passed of quietly Monday. The weather was
clear and hot, and the vote does not seem
to have been large. Owing to the length Of
the ticket, and local contest returns are
meagre. The labor aud Prohibition vote
are smaller than was anticipated. In
Louisville the Democratic majority is about
1900 Democratic gain of nearly 1900 over
the last election. The city elects q solid
Democratic legislative ticket and defeats
local option BY heavy majority. The
county and city give q Democratic majority
Of 5000. Meagre returns from the state
indicate q Republican gain, but the
Democratic tickets estimated majority
will be from twenty-five to thirty five
thousand votes
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-11
IOWA.

tive Engineers was held on Friday at Lake
Monowa, near Council Bluffs, and while 80
Of the party were on small steamer on the
capsized and I've Of the excursionists
were drowned.
X. Greene, Of Stone City, laboring under
the delusion that some one was following
him with malicious intent asked to lie
placed in cell at the station house al
accordingly locked up. At 5 O'Clock
Thursday morning be shot his brains out
while in his cell. He was . widower forty
years Of age.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-11

A WRITER in the New York Tribune
saws: "In Ecclesiastes, Chap. H..
Verse 8, Solomon says: i got me men
singers, and women singers, and musi-
cal instruments of all sorts; and, be-
hold, all was vanity and vexation of
spirit From this it is evident that
Solomon '.came to grief trying to
run a national opera company. He
could manage 800 wives, 700 concu-
bines, and the Queen of Sheba, but the
opera was TO much for him"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-11

j. r. HUNTINGTON of Amesbury,
Mass, has decided to erect on the
public square Of that town heroic
statue of his maternal ancestor, DIR.
Josiah Bartlett. one of the signers OF
the Declaration of Independence. A
portrait of DIR. Bartlett by Trumbull
will furnish the sculptor, Karl Gerhardt,
his inspiration. DR.. Bartlett was the
first Governor of New Hampshire after
it became a State.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-11

sI02, 600. Menominee, 1910; to complete
5000. Pensaukee, 4lO,552; to complete,
$4,000 Green Bay, e272, ,142; to complete,
,OOO Harbor OF Refuge at entrance Of
Sturgeon Bay canal, el61 ,67S: to complete,
So,0O: Kewaunee, 1910; TO complete.
e67, ,5SS Manitowoc, $281. .3S5; to complete,
e16,362. Sheboygan, $274, ,927: to complete,
$97, 600; Port Washington, &l67, ,cs1 to COM
plete, $4,000.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-11

THE Buda-Pesth correspondent of
the New York Staats-Zeitung, a member
of the Hungarian Diet. thus speaks Of
the Hungarian Premier: 1.-THE most
powerful man in the Empire is today
beyond any doubt Koloman Tisza, the
President of the Hungarian Ministry.
He is for Hungary pretty much what
Cavour was when King Victor EN-
manuel said of him: We have q con-
stitution, two Chambers, an Admins
tration, and a judiciary, and all this to-
gether is called Cavour.' Everything
in the Hungarian Empire put together
is called Tisza."
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-11

In connection with the plan to form
a Walt Whitman Society in Boston the
Traveller of that city says: "Boston pro-
hibits the sale of Walt Whitman's books.
Even their circulation from the public
library is forbidden, and his volumes
appear there with the ominous three
stars that tell the tale to the iniated.
The idea of establishing q society for
the promotion of ideas which the stat
utes of the city forbid to circulate is
simply delicious. Boston is nothing il
not consistent.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-11
RABBI HIRsCH HARRIS died last week

RABBI HIRsCH HARRIS died last week
in Brooklyn, aged 100 years. He was
born near Warsaw, Poland, and was
one of twenty-onc children. When
Napoleon was on the march to Moscow
in 1912 eight of his brothers were con-
scripted, but Hirsch was warned while
returning from work and hid himself,
his wife, and child, and escaped. He
saw Napoleon ride through the village,
however, and up till a year ago was in
the habit of describing his appearance;
then his memory failed.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-11

Gov. AMEs of Massachusetts gives
evidence of tho fact the heated term has
arrived. He recently said in public
address, "The man who has wine regu-
larly upon his table is justly the subject
of widespread remark, and is not held
in the highest estimation by his fellow
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-11
The Dead Indian.

AITKIS, Minn., Special: A half-breed
named Santada shot and instantly killed
an Indian named Joe Amos. and attempted
to shoot another named Mescangenas.
After the shooting Santada fed, leaving his
wife and pappoose near the scene Of the
tragedy. This morning Mescanagas went
to Santada's wigwam and shot Santada's
killing Santada. Serious contentious have
taken place among the Indians regarding
the affair, and general digging up Of the
hatchet in this section 10 limited at.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-11
other child was pulled from the track In
time to save its life.

other child was pulled from the track In
time to save its life.
At East Saginaw, Mich, at half past five
Wednesday evening fire started in the saw.
mill of Jno. q. Owen, OF that city, and
everything being inflammable, owing to the
continued drouth, the flames spread like .
flash. The sswmil and salt block with
5000 barrels OF salt, the drill houses and s.
10000 feet of lumber, blacksmith shop and
three salt drill houses were destroyed in
vOlving loss Of $l37 900, with insurance Of
&66 6,00O.
Millbrook, Graham county, Kansas, 20
miles from Kansas City, was almost de-
stroyed about sundown Friday by .
straight wind coming from slightly west Of
north. The place contains about 500 in
habitants. Only one house or residence
escaped serious damage. One person, .
boy about years old, was killed, and about
9 were injured. Some sustained broken
limbs, but only one of the injured is likely
to die. This is w. B. Keithfield, . furniture
dealer OF Wakeny.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-11

IT has been some time since the
American public has heard anything
about Louise Michel, the famous
Partisan agitator. 1t seems she has
been devoting herself to literary work
and will soon publish volume OF poems
entitled Lies Oceaniennes.n
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-11
CURRENT COMMENT.
DIR. TANNER, member for Mid-Cork,
is going to publish novel called ''Ger-
aid Grantley's Revenge"

ONE OF the wealthiest women in
Chicago is Mrs. Muncel Talcott,
childless widow of three score years.
Her income is $50, 900 per annum, and
of this sum she devotes $45, 1000 to To-
cal charity.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-11
Flres and Casualties.

Flres and Casualties.
Clarksburg, w. Va, had a 5000 fire on
the 4th.
Two hotels were burned, by incendiary
fire at Dunkirk, N. Y, on the 5th; loss $751;
OoO, insurance very small.
A passenger train was wrecked Thursday
afternoon near Greenwood Va, and the
baggage master killed and dozen passen-
gers injured.
At Nashville, Tenn, the New Era Touring
mills were totally destroyed by fire on the
4th. the fire originating from hot box;
loss ~, 600. insurance 81. 600.
Twenty-Five buildings, embracing two
squares of the village Of Bowling Green,
Wood county, Ohio, were destroyed by fire,
on the 4th, which broke out in bake
The Port Huron, Mich, ferry steamer
burned at her dock in Black river on the
4th, and set fire to the Whitman grist mill,
which also burned; loss on steamer SIC, ZOO;
mill 81 600, partial insurance.
The Coroner's jury investigating the
recent railway accident at st. Thomas,
Ont, have returned O verdict that the
accident was due to the carelessness of the
officials and employees Of the Grand Trunk
Railway company. Conductor Spettigue
was committed on charge Of man.
slaughter.
Thursday morning fire broke out in q
cracker bakery at Baltimore, Md, and be-
fore its progress was stayed, a candy fac
tory, two agricultural warehouses, two
grain commission houses and q book store
were burned. Two firemen lost their lives
The loss on property destroyed exceeds
$5C0, ,00O.
An incendiary fire at Evansville, Ind. on
the 3rd destroyed 100000 feet Of lumber,
in lumber yards, q large warehouse con-
tanning grain, general merchandise and
tobacco, two dwellings,, several stables and
Is cars Of grain on the Peoria, Decatur a.
Evansville Il. r. Loss 100000, insurance
nearly 100000.
Cincinnati, Ohio, had cyclone touch
Friday afternoon, blowing down q barn
and house on Vine ST., hill. In the latter,
eight men were at work, O carpenters and
masons; the house was literally broken to
pieces and thrown down the hill in q heap; /;
the carpenters were only slightly hurt, but
the two masons were mortally wounded.
At Tuscola, H., the wife OF James Haynes
was trampled to death by mad bull, while
attempting to drive the bull out of the front
door yard. She fought the animal as long
as her strength held out, and as no one
came to her assistance her life was trampled
and gored out before the eyes of her two
little children. She was shockingly man.
gled.
During the 9Th, fifty tons of rock fell in
the eastern end of the Cascade tunnel, in
Oregon, now building by the Northern
Pacific railroad, killing four men and
wounding several others. 1t is thought
| none of the wounded will die. The men
claim that the contractors were careless
and did not timber the tunnel fast enough
to keep up with the boring.
Mrs. w. H. Lisle Of Lansingburg, N. Y,
took the cars for Glens Fall. Tuesday
afternoon. When the train was slowing up
at Fl Edward, she became suddenly ex-
cited and threw one of her children of the
train and with another one in her arms
| jumped of, only to be crushed to death
! with her child, under the wheels. The
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-11
CREsCO IOWA, THURSDAY, AUGUST II, 1887

northern part Of town, between Wilkes
barre and Parsons. One hundred men are
at work repairing the Delaware u Hudson
railroad.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-11

The huge, drastic, gripping, sickening pills
are fast being superseded by DR.. Pierce's
ssPurgative Pellets"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-11

A crazed mother at Adamsville, Ohio,
poisoned her three children using Paris green
for the purpose.
DIR. st. John and DR.. Dell have been
arrested at Chicago for assisting ex-Warden
McGarigle to escape.
McGarigle was on Monday sentenced to 3
years in the penitentiary.
McGarigle, the convicted hospital warden,
who escaped from the Chicago sheriff is be-
lieved to have arrived safely in Canada.
At Portsmouth, Ohio, A. C. Mccoy was
found guilty Of murder in the second
degree, for the killing OF DIR. Northrup, q
noted Prohibitionist, in May last.
Six men were killed at fight at the polls
ut the election at Manchester, Clay Co.,
Ky, a mountain precinct There were 2O
men or more engaged in the tight.
At Homer, Mich, on the End, Geo. Bur-
ton, farmer, aged 81, shot his wife wounded
his mother-in-law and killed himself The
wife had begun proceedings for divorce.
The trial at Chicago, Of the commissioners
of Cook county and other officials, eleven
in all, under an omnibus indictment for
conspiracy to defraud the county resulted
On Friday in the conviction Of all the
defendants and the jury fixed the penalty
for seven OF them at two years in the
penitentiary and fine Of 81 600 each, fol
the others.
Geo. G. Klehm, chairman OF board of
County Commissioners on trial under an
omnibus indictment at Chicago, for con-
spiracy to dsfraud the county, at the close
OF the testimony for the prosecution, came
forward and changed his plea OF not guilty
to guilty, throwing himself upon the
clemency of the court. The act was sensa
tional, aud may save Klehm from tho peni
tentiary.
About six weeks ago, Mrs. Beall, q farm
er's wife, was found dead at her home neal
Eaton, Ohio, by her husband, upon his re
turn from town, having been shot twice and
her head nearly cut of. Mrs. Beall was left
at home that morning with her son John
aged 13, who reported 3 tramps had visited
the house, and while he was asleep commit
ted the terrible crime. The boy has now
confessed that he killed his mother, beine
angry at favoritism shown his sister, whl
was taken to town by the father, he being
obliged to remain at home.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-11

bly, from drouth as this season. Corn and
potatoes are practically ruined. Many
farmers are cutting up the former, and fires
have commenced their devastating work.
At railroad crossing near Lakeside,
Mich, train struck wagon containing
Miss Hattie Shaver. Miss Hattie Reynolds,
Lottie Shaver, Fred Hatch and Charles
Wilbeck and killed the first two. Lottie
Shaver, a little girl, cannot live. The
ladies were carried lib feet and thrown
down an embankment. The men were not
seriously hurt. Tho train gave the usual
signal, but Wilbeck drove across the track
when the train was in sight.
There were several fatal cases Of sun
stroke at New York City, July 81. among
them, that Of Oscar 3. Sawyer, the well
persons died without attendance, tho larg-
est number In one days record.
Secretary Fairchild has directed the
anticipation OF the interest on tho public
debt due on Sept. and Jan. l. with 2 per
cent rebate, and invited proposals for the
sale OF ~ per cent bonds for the sinking
fund
DR.. d. E. Salton, chief of the bureau Of
animal industry, has left Washington for
Delaware and Ulster counties, New York,
70 personally investigate the outbreak OF
contagious pleuro- pneumonia.
The Columbian bank of Philadelphia
assigned on the 3Oth, owing to carrying too
heavy load for stock operators.
August lst free postal delivery began at
Saltwater, Mimi, Oskloosa, Iowa, and Hur-
on, Dakota.
The steamer Star Of Scotia was wrecked
of the Falklanl islands and eight lives lost.
There were eight deaths from sun-stroke
at Philadelphia, Sunday, July 81.
The coinage of the mints during July was
81, 800, 900, of which 600, 600 was in standard
silver dollars.
Nashville, st. Louis and Evansville re-
port slight shocks Of earthquake.
The public debt reduction for July was
a, 4,s44, ,s94.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1887-03-02

Die untrrsei9neten 8anten unb 1aufiers
perben ale @epinne In Der 2ouifiaua Staatss
aotteris, bic ibuen praientirt berben, aussablsu.
Z. 8. Sglesbn, Hrdi. ga. Rot. Bauf.
8. aanaur, Brdf. State Rot. Hanf.
u. Baldwin, Yrdf. d. 8. geut. 1unf.